Patent granted in India to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
patent number 375303 has been granted to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC that is titled PROCESS FOR PREPARING MULTI- OR DUAL-HEADED COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR CHAIN SHUTTLING. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that the claimed process for preparing a composition defines novel and non-obvious technical features and therefore cannot be considered as a mere use of a “known” process as disclosed in the cited references. This patent falls under the category of Chemical. Overall, this patent covers a process for synthesizing a multi or dual headed composition by using an alpha, omega-diene and an organometallic compound in the presence of a catalyst precursor. The present disclosure further relates to use of the compositions, as well as the process to make the same, in olefin polymerization.